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> > as would figuring out how to install it correctly.
>
> Basically, the desktop entry should go to /usr/share/applications/ and

> the icon(s) either to /usr/share/pixmaps/emacs_32.png or (preferred)
> to $XDG_DATA_DIRS/icons/hicolor/{16x16,24x24,32x32,48x48}/emacs.png
> (where XDG_DATA_DIRS is most likely just /usr/share), as described in
> <http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-theme-spec/latest/ar01s03.html>.
Does this mean the icons are not installed in the correct directory
right now?
Given that you seem to understand this, do you want to provide a patch?

Please don't. A normal user should be able to install Emacs to a prefix of
his choice. I have several Emacs instances installed at different prefixes.